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In the July 8, 2009 Issue:

Webcast to help broadcasters enroll in voluntary disaster reporting system
RTNDA announces Murrow Award winners
Interview: Neuman discusses Los Angeles 2GHz BAS relocation - Part II
AVS overcomes crowded Los Angeles spectrum for live marathon coverage
'Lost' historical film archive delivers fresh insight into '60s, '70s
DVEO ships HD-SDI Master card

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 Top Story
Webcast to help broadcasters enroll in voluntary disaster reporting system
By Phil Kurz

The FCC and NAB will conduct a webcast July 14 to encourage more extensive broadcaster participation in the agency’s Disaster Information Reporting System program.

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 E-News
RTNDA announces Murrow Award winners

NBC News topped the list with five National Edward R. Murrow Award, earning five awards while the “CBS Evening News” received the award for network newscast.

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White paper: IP Networks for Broadcaster Applications

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Interview: Neuman discusses Los Angeles 2GHz BAS relocation - Part II
By Phil Kurz

The man Sprint Nextel chose to coordinate the relocation of 2GHz Broadcast Auxiliary Service operation in the Los Angeles market cluster says the new COFDM equipment gives news producers the chance to be more creative with live shots.

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Utilizing Smooth Streaming

Smooth Streaming, Microsoft's new adaptive streaming technology, is an exciting advancement that brings us closer to Web-based television-like delivery of HD media content. This white paper will introduce you to Smooth Streaming and explains how you can apply the technology in real-world VOD and live event broadcasting applications.
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AVS overcomes crowded Los Angeles spectrum for live marathon coverage

To provide wireless camera feeds for KNBC4’s live broadcast of the marathon, AVS selected strategic frequencies in the 1.4GHz, 2.0GHz, 2.5GHz and 7.0GHz bands.

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Broadcast Engineering Webinar - Audio Systems and Processing

Live Event Tuesday, July 14th

Audiences want to be immersed in their entertainment, and that requires superb audio. In this hour long event, Digital Technology Consultant, Aldo Cugnini, will focus on audio systems and processing addressing the following topics: digital audio signals, sampling, aliasing, digital interfaces, fourier transform, level compression, loudness processing and more. Register Now

 Beyond ENG
'Lost' historical film archive delivers fresh insight into '60s, '70s

The Associated Press has conducted a major restoration project of news film from the 1960s and 1970s tucked safely away in a bunker deep beneath the city of London.

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Transmitting straight from the editor’s desk

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 ENG Products
DVEO ships HD-SDI Master card

A firmware change converts the HD-SDI Master input card to an output card, and vice-versa.

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Anton/Bauer announces special promotional price for QR-RH Red One Handle

The new QR-RH RED One Handle features the company’s Gold Mount system and hot swap feature.

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Polecam to unveil 7th Heaven portable camera rig

Polecam's 7th Heaven incorporates seven rigid carbon-fiber elements that interlock to achieve a 26ft reach.

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MultiDyne unveils COMMS-2000 intercom interface

The COMMS-2000 interface allows the conversion of a single channel of standard or TW party-line intercom to four-wire audio.

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On Call Communications, Intelsat assist international news groups with coverage of singer's death

Within hours of the first reports of Michael Jackson’s death, On Call was on the scene assisting international news organizations with live coverage from Los Angeles.

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Podcast
In this, the second of a two-part conversation, Stanley S. Hubbard, chairman and CEO of Hubbard Broadcasting and son of company founder Stanley E. Hubbard, discusses many of the important firsts for the broadcaster. Click here.
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White Papers
Automation system vendors and server vendors appear to be picking up the baton regarding the many new formats; the element missing from the playout centers of broadcasters is automated QC. Click here.
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JVC’s Carl Hicks, director of broadcast sales demonstrates the company’s new HM700 camera, which records directly to SDHC memory cards in the QuickTime format for Final Cut Pro and optionally to SxS media compatible with Sony's XDCAM EX format. Click here.
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